File and directory entries in IBM i format
System i® clients support listing the files on a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server in both the IBM® i format and the format specific to UNIX. This topic discusses the IBM i format.
Here is the original IBM i style format for the LIST subcommand (when LISTFMT=0):
owner size date time type nameA blank space separates each field.
This is a description of each field:
- owner
- The 10-character string that represents the user profile which owns the subject. This string is left-aligned, and includes blanks. This field is blank for anonymous FTP sessions.
- size
- The 10-character number that represents the size of the object. This number is right-aligned, and includes blanks. This field is blank when an object has no size associated with it.
- date
- The 8-character modification date in the format that is defined for the server job. It uses date separators that are defined for the server job. This modification date is left-aligned, and it includes blanks.
- time
- The 8-character modification time that uses the time separator, which the server job defines.
- type
- The 10-character i5/OS object type.
- name
- The variable length name of the object that follows a CRLF (carriage return, line feed pair). This name can include blanks.
Here is an example of the original IBM i style format:
BAILEYSE 5263360 06/11/97 12:27:39 *FILE BPTFSAVF